pressrow theme dashboard

I have 2 problems with my new blog with the pressrow themehttp://joniel.wordpress.com/
- my dashboard will not stay configured the way I want it, and I can't make the "kitchen sink" open.
(this happens with all the themes I've tried). I've deleted cookies and cache and started again,
but the problem is still there.
- when I add a widget (tag cloud) all the sidebar entries disappear and only "tags" is to be seen.

I have 3 other blogs and don't have these problems with them,
so I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here...
Thanks for any help!
Jonie

@joniew, are you using Safari 3? Right after the last update here about a week ago I noticed some issues with the dashboard. The screen options and help tab would disappear, and when that happened, my configuration would also disappear and everything would go back to the default settings.

I contacted staff about it, and they have reproduced it and are working on a fix. That was several days ago. Hopefully things will get fixed soon.

What I have found is that if you force refresh or reload the page, the tabs will come back as will your configuration, but it is a pain to have to reload the pages all the time.

oh, your 4.17 post has only just appeared!!
Something weird is happening!
No, I use Ff 3.
No problems with the other blogs, only with this new one.
I even have the same problem if I use one of the themes
I use for the others!
Is there a way for you to take a look and
see if I've done something wrong?

On the widgets thing: If you have not yet added any widgets to the sidebar, then what you are seeing is a sample set the theme will display so you can see what it will look like. Once you add a widget to the sidebar, the sample set will disappear. All you have to do is add the other widgets that you want to be in the sidebar and then click the "save changes" button at the bottom and those widgets will appear in the sidebar on your blog.

And, if you are not using Safari, what browser and browser version are you using? Also, what operating system (XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.what? or some version of LInux)?

OK, do you have any javascript blocking addons installed in FF? If no, go to your preferences under "content" and make sure that javascript is enabled.

Do you have the AdBlockPlus addon installed? If so, temporarily disable it and try again. If it works then "whitelist" all of wordpress.com (probably something like this: http://blogname.wordpress.com/*

Also, go to preferences > privacy and mak sure you have "accept cookies from sites" selected (accept third-party cookies does NOT have to be selected). And, in that same preferences window, do you have "Always clear my private data when I close FF selected? If so, it is clearing your wordpress.COM cookie out when you shut down your browser, so it is most likely losing the configuration.

Another thing to try, is just temporarily disable your virus protection software (and don't navigate to any site but wordpress while it is turned off) and try things again. Norton anti-virus has in the past has caused some issues and if I remember there were some other AV programs as well. If things work right after turning off the AV, then you will need to whitelist all of wordpress.COM.

On the addons thing. Another thing to try is to turn off all FF addons temporarily and see if things work well. If it does, then turn them on one at a time and try again until you find the one that was causing the issue. One person reported that the Firebug addon (on FF 3 XP) was causing issues. Firebug does not however cause issues with FF 3 on Mac.

Java is enabled,
AdBlockPlus - not installed
I do accept cookies and 3rd party until they expire
"Always clear my private data" - not selected
I have Avast antivirus - don't dare turn it off, I got a virus once and had a terrible time!
If it were Avast, wouldn't my other 3 blogs be affected?

At this point, my only other suggestion would be to contact staff directly, Give them all the details (include a link to this thread) and which blog it is happening on and let them see if they can figure out what the issue is. http://support.wordpress.com/contact/